The San Jose Mercury News reports that the Los Gatos Citizens for Responsible Development have filed a lawsuit against the town hoping to block the new Netflix HQ building. According to attorney Rachel Mansfield-Howlett, who is representing the citizens' group, the suit challenges the town's co...

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings posted an apology on the Netflix blog about the way they communicated the price increase and why they're spinning off the DVD division as Qwikster ("A Netflix Company."). Hastings named Andy Rendich, who spent the past 12 years running the Netflix DVD service, as CEO of...

The MSNBC Technoblog cites a study by The Diffusion Group of 500 Netflix subscribers that predicts 12-15% of Netflix subscribers will quit the service. But now, this targeted report from TDG appears to show some compromise on the part of Netflix members, while still registering their disappoin...

In the price change chaos I missed an important update on the Netflx blog regarding the early June redesign that focused on streaming. Netflix's director of product management, Michael Spiegelman, posted a notice on the Netflix blog that they're making some changes based on customer feedback: T...

Netflix & NBCUniversal announced that they have signed a multi-year renewal of the non-exclusive license agreement which includes many popular TV shows and movies: Programming under the deal includes prior-season series across multiple NBCU networks, including NBC hits "The Office (U.S.)," "30 ...

In the price change chaos I missed an important update on the Netflx blog regarding the early June redesign that focused on streaming. Netflix's director of product management, Michael Spiegelman, posted a notice on the Netflix blog that they're making some changes based on customer feedback: T...

I LOVE IT!
Now I don't have to subsidise all you whiners who live where you actually CAN stream but keep crying anyway.
Go ahead and cancel your subscriptions. Maybe then I can finally get my 'long wait' DVDs.

On the Netflix blog Jessie Becker announced several important changes for subscribers and new customers: Official announcement of the DVD-only plans: $7.99 for one-out and $11.99 for 2-out, unlimited (dvd.netflix.com). The DVD & streaming unlimited plans are now separated into two $7.99 plans, ...

Ryan Lawler at NewTeeVee reports that Netflix is offering a $7.99 per month DVD-only plan that does not include streaming. You can see the new plan at dvd.netflix.com, and it's an interesting option for customers not interested in streaming. This plan is different than the $4.99 DVD-only plan th...

Digial Journal reports that the National Association of the Deaf has filed a federal lawsuit against Netflix for not providing captions for all streaming titles. “We have tried for years to persuade Netflix to do the right thing and provide equal access to all content across all platforms. They...

Netflix announced that they are removing avatars, nicknames & bios from reviews. We’re removing avatars, nicknames and bios associated with reviews, as very few Netflix members use them. We’re constantly working to improve the Netflix experience, and by removing these little-used features we ar...

Netflix's Pauline Fischer, vp of content acquisition, posted a notice on the Netflix blog about the removal of Sony titles like Salt, The Karate Kid, and The Social Network from Netlfix streaming. Hi, Pauline Fischer, VP of Content Acquisition, here. You may have noticed that Sony movies throug...

Netflix & Miramax have signed a multi-year deal that brings hundreds of Miramax titles to Netflix streaming starting in June. From the press release: “From day one, we’ve been very clear about the importance of digital and our desire to respond to the significant pent-up demand for our films...